Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Cultural Studies - Miscellaneous, grade: 1, Massey University, New Zealand, course: Kulturanthropologie, language: English, abstract: Structural functionism is the theoretical position held within cultural anthropology that attempts to understand the relationship between the individual and society and in particular the conditions that place individuals in social roles (Barnard, 2000, p.61). It looks at the structural systems in place and the interaction between individuals due to these systems.